Effects of Resource Availability Reflect Portfolio
• What was the most challenging part of creating your own simulation?
• What are some other ways you could have completed this simulation? Explain.
• What was most interesting or surprising about your simulation?
• How well did you draw conclusions from the data you collected?
How well did your simulation reflect a situation you might find in nature?
Review your completed activities that will be submitted to your teacher and consider the following:
• The most challenging part of creating my own simulation was finding the right balance between realism, simplicity, and relevance. It was important to choose variables and factors that were closely representative of nature, while keeping the model easy to understand and implement. Additionally, selecting the right parameters and fitting functions that could effectively reflect the behavior of the system under consideration was a challenging task.
• There are numerous other ways to complete this simulation, some of which include:
- Using a different modeling technique, such as Agent-Based Modeling, to build a more complex model with individual entities and their interactions.
- Incorporating more variables, such as environmental factors or migration patterns, to provide a more comprehensive representation of the situation.
- Adopting a probabilistic approach to simulate stochasticity and uncertainties in the system.
- Implementing the simulation in another programming language or using a specialized simulation software package.
• The most interesting or surprising aspect of my simulation was the emergence of complex patterns arising from the interaction of seemingly simple components. It helped me understand how interconnected factors and processes can lead to unforeseen outcomes that may not be very obvious at the beginning.
• I believe I drew reasonable conclusions from the data I collected, taking into account the limitations in the simulation design and the assumptions made during the modeling process. I made sure to carry out multiple runs, observe trends, and discuss any anomalous results in the context of the system under consideration.
• My simulation reflected a situation that one might find in nature to a certain extent. While it captured some key aspects of the system, such as resource availability, competition, and population dynamics, it was still a simplified representation of a real-world scenario. However, the purpose of the simulation was to gain insights into general relationships and trends, rather than predicting specific outcomes. As such, it was a useful exercise in exploring the effects of resource availability on population dynamics in a hypothetical natural system.
In conclusion, it is important to consider that the simulation was a learning experience meant to explore specific concepts related to resource availability and population dynamics. As such, it may not be a perfect representation of a real-world situation, but it provided valuable insights and understanding of certain aspects of the system under consideration.